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CHAP. 56.—CITRONS: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.

Citrons,1 either the pulp of them or the pips, are taken in
wine as an antidote to poisons. A decoction of citrons, or the
juice extracted from them, is used as a gargle to impart sweet-
ness to the breath.2 The pips of this fruit are recommended
for pregnant women to chew when affected with qualmish-
ness. Citrons are good, also, for a weak stomach, but it is not
easy to eat them except with vinegar.3

3 As Fée says, this observation is quite unaccountable. He queries
whether a sweet fruit may not possibly be meant, the sweet lime, for instance, the flavour of which is very sickly, and would require to be
heightened by the assistance of an acid.

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